Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine vs Floating Sundew

Atherurus macrourus compared with Drosera intermedia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	Floating Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Hystricidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Atherurus	Drosera
Species	Atherurus macrourus	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	Floating Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine

The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) is a species in the genus Atherurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.